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What are impacts of living with one kidney? Nephrologist answers

With former champion jumper Anju Bobby George revealing that she won her accolades with a single kidney, a nephrologist dissects the implications of having a similar situation

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Anju Bobby George. Pic/AFP

Anju Bobby George. Pic/AFP

No one would have thought it when she won the bronze medal for long jump at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. No one would have thought it either when, three years later, she became the first and so far only Indian to win a gold medal at an IAAF World Athletics Final. But last week, Anju Bobby George, one of the country's most decorated athletes, revealed that she had won all her numerous accolades with just one kidney, since that's how she was born. It sent a wave of surprise among her fans, who lauded her on social media for achieving these heights she did despite her limitation.

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